Reel



Feb. 9,1926. 1,572,174

R. WOLK l REEL Filed July 2 7, 1925 Figil Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND WOLK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. Y

REEL.

To JZ whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, RAYMOND Worin, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a new and useful Reel, ofwhich the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to reels of the type adapted for use as portablehand reels in the winding of 'clothes lines, and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved portable hand reelcapable of use in winding clothes lines and the like, and comprising ahub including a number of longitudinal pieces attached to strengtheningblocks and to end pieces serving as the flanges of the reel, one ofwhich has a handle attached thereto, vin combination with an axle memberextending rotatively through one of the end pieces and through theblocks of the core into contact with the opposite end piece, whichlimits longitudinal movement of the axle member in one direction, andmeans for preventing withdrawal of the axle member.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved reel of thecharacter and approximate structure mentioned in which the parts arereadily detachable for purposes of repair. Y

Other objects of the invention Will appear from the accompanyingdescription taken in connection with the drawing, in which Fig. 1 is aside elevation of my improved reel with certain parts in section toillustrate the relationship of the axle member lto the other parts.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation from the end beyond which the axle memberextends.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the opposite end of the reel.

Fig. t is a cross sectional View on the line 4.4 of Fig. 1.

My improved reel consists of a pair of ends 1 and 2 of approximatelyequal length and having their extremities at right angles to their sideedges, so thatthey will stand upright and support the windings on thereel out of contact with the floor or surface upon which the reel issupported.

A polygonal block 3 is attached to the end 1 by glue and by nails 4:;and a polygonal block 5. is similarly attached to the' end 2 by glue andby nails G. Each of the blocks 3 and 5 is bored to form a round hole inwhich an axle handle member 7 is rotatively mounted, the handle member 7also extending through a round hole in the end 2 and having its oppositeend abutting against the inner side of the end 1 and thereby limitedfrom longitudinal movement in one direction. l l

The blocks 5 have their polygonal sides in the same planes, and a numberof cross bars 8 are glued thereto and additionally A handle 13 isattached to the outer suri face of the end 1 by a fastener 1li andextends in a plane parallel with vthe axis of the axle 7 and serves as acrank to co-operate with the axle 7 to rotate the reel in winding.

Rigidity for the handle 13 is obtained by a block 15 attached to the end1 by glue and by nails 16. The block 15 has a hole in which the handle13 is fitted.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my invention obtains all of itsintended objects and purposes in a highly eflieient and simplifiedmanner, and is ycapable of application to many useful purposes and ofvariation within equivalent limitsV without departure fromthe nature andprinciple thereof. I Vdo not restrict myself unessentially, but what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A reel comprising a pair of parallel ends, a block attached to theinner side of each of said ends and having a central holetl'ierethrough, a number of bars attached to said blocks and Vabuttingagainst said ends, an intermediate block attached to said bars andhaving a hole therethrough in alinement with the holes through saidfirst named blocks, an axle member extending rotatively through one endand through the holes in all of said blocks and abutting against theopposite one of said ends, and a handle attached to said opposite end.

2. A reel comprising a pair of parallel ends, a number of bars rigidlysupported between said ends, an axle member extending through one end ofthe reel and extending longitudinally between said bars and having oneend abutting against the opposlte end of the reel, means preventing'Withdrawal of said aXle,`and a handle attached to said opposite end ofthe reel.

3. A reel comprising a, body portion, a pair of parallel ends supportingsaid body portion, an axle rota-tively extending through one of saidendsandthrough saidbody portion andabutting against the opposite endfofthe reel and lhaving 4one end projeotng beyond said end of the reelthrough which said axleextends, means preventing Withdrawal of saidaxle, and a handle attaohed to the opposite end of the reel.

vRAYMOND VOLK.

